OBESITY AND CANCER RISK We have become the heaviest people in the history of our species, with two-thirds of Americans officially classified as overweight, and one of every three of us tipping the sca...

The umbilical cord of a fetus is an amazing organ that provides important information regarding fetal well-being. A cord that is too long can either develop a knot or end up wrapped around the babys n...

OBESITY, ALCOHOL & LIVER DISEASE Chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis, is the 12th most common cause of death in the United States, alone, and causes nearly 30,000 deaths per year in America. In...

An individual does not have to work within an industrial environment to receive a high concentration of occupational exposure. The risk of asbestos-related diseases reaches beyond the workplace and in...

TUESDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Older, overweight women have about the same power and strength in their legs as normal-weight women. But when their leg strength and power was assessed relative to their weight, older overweight women performed much w